Luo Gan

罗干

1935–present

Secretary of the Central Political-Legal Commission (2002–2007)
State Councillor (1998–2003)

Biography

Luo Gan (born 1935) is a senior CCP official who served as State Councillor (1998–2003) and Secretary of the Central Political-Legal Commission (2002–2007). At the launch of the Falun Gong suppression campaign in 1999, he coordinated the operational deployment of the campaign in his capacity as State Councillor with responsibilities over the political-legal system. He continued to oversee the sustained prohibition of Falun Gong during his subsequent tenure as Secretary of the Central Political-Legal Commission. He retired from the Politburo Standing Committee in 2007.

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1999-07-22

Falun Gong Suppression

In July 1999, the Chinese government declared Falun Gong an illegal "evil cult" and launched a nationwide suppression campaign coordinated by the extra-legal 610 Office. The crackdown involved mass arrests, labour camp detention without trial, and deaths in custody documented by multiple international human rights organisations. Academic research has also documented totalistic characteristics of the movement itself, including its founder's claim to divine authority and anti-medicine teachings linked to preventable deaths among practitioners.

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